How To Install Engineered Wood Flooring Over Underfloor Heating

Tapping the groove may damage the edge.

How to install engineered wood flooring over underfloor heating.

When laying a floor over underfloor heating loops the working temperature should be at least 64 f 18 c. The flooring installer should ensure that all services not only heating services running beneath the floor have been tested fully by the services installer before laying starts. Your wood floor must be laid close to the subfloor and without an air gap as air gaps can cause the wood to dry out very quickly. All of the engineered floors in the v4 collection can be used with underfloor heating but we recommend reading this detailed installation with underfloor heating guide before your installation.

This will allow it to settle and for any adhesives to dry out. Spread the adhesive using a coarse notched trowel along the working line. During the installation of your engineered wood flooring push or gently tap the floorboards flush to the previous row. Installing over underfloor heating your wood floor must be laid close to the subfloor and without an air gap as air gaps can cause the wood to dry out very quickly.

When the heating is switched on make sure it s set at just 1 c above the ambient temperature and then raised gradually by no more than 1 c per day until the desired temperature is reached. When laying a floor over underfloor heating loops the working temperature should be at least 18 c. Care should always be taken to make sure conditions on site are suitable for both acclimatising and laying any timber floor. Open any packaging around unfinished wood products and place them inside the home until they have adjusted.

The first thing we d recommend is if that you re planning to install wood flooring over underfloor heating it must be engineered wood flooring and not solid wood flooring. The recommended board width of the engineered wood when going over underfloor heating is 150mm. This is applicable to boards subfloors and room temperature. Installing over underfloor heating.

The durability beauty and longevity of engineered wood flooring make it a perfect match for underfloor heating systems. According to the national wood flooring association wood products should remain at ambient humidity and ideal temperature 65 f to 75 f for seven days before installation during installation and seven days after installation. Once the flooring has been installed allow it to acclimatise for two to three days before switching on the underfloor heating. We have been supplying our engineered wood flooring for many years over underfloor heating with great success.

This is applicable to boards subfloors and room temperature. For parquet flooring over underfloor heating solid wood is not recommended and only engineered timber parquet should be used. Install a starter board along the edge of the working line and start the installation. Tap against the tongue.